Working Group on Online Harms

Caroline Pidgeon: In your final Police and Crime Plan you commit to setting up a working group to tackle online harms. Please provide detail on its remit and how it how it will operate and work alongside the Online Harms Bill?

The Mayor: The purpose of the Online Harms Working Group is to consolidate work across MOPAC and City Hall in relation to online harms, including work on the Government’s Online Safety Bill. The Working Group will consider the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) approach to tackling online illegality and drive forward wider collaboration with partners on tackling online harms.
The Working Group has already been established and is considering the scope and effectiveness of the Online Safety Bill in regulating online harms and making the internet a safer place for Londoners. The Working Group will continue to actively monitor the passage of the Online Safety Bill as it progresses through Parliament.